Morning Briefing: Harvey limit ID'd

Adam Rubin has covered the Mets since 2003. He's a graduate of Mepham High School on Long Island and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He joined ESPNNewYork after spending 10 years at the New York Daily News.
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• The Mets are targeting 210 to 215 innings for Matt Harvey’s cap this season, notes Jared Diamond in the Journal. Writes Diamond:

The Mets have tentatively outlined a road map that would allow Harvey to make eight more starts, with about half of them coming on an extra day of rest. Using off-days to their advantage and occasionally using a spot starter, they think they can finagle Harvey to the end.

• Travis d’Arnaud spoke with ESPNNewYork.com about waiting for the baby Buck to be born. D’Arnaud is expected to make his major league debut once Buck goes on three-day paternity leave. Buck’s wife had complications with her last pregnancy with twins five years ago and required a C-section, so the preference is for a natural childbirth this time. Read more in the Post.

• Dave Caldwell in the Journal profiles Noah Syndergaard, the Double-A pitching phenom acquired in the R.A. Dickey deal with d’Arnaud. Syndergaard is on a severe pitch limit the rest of the season in order to keep him from hitting an innings cap before the Eastern League playoffs. Writes Caldwell:

The plan, at least as far as Syndergaard understands it, is to finish the season at Binghamton. He is likely to pitch about five innings per start, and [pitching coach Glenn] Abbott said Syndergaard will skip a start after Friday's game at home against New Britain.

This is all fine to Syndergaard, who said, "I just throw until they tell me not to." He achieved both of the goals he set for himself this season -- pitch in Class AA and in the Futures Game -- and he hopes to make his first big push for the Mets next spring.

Still, Pedro Lopez, the Binghamton manager, said, "Every time I take him out after five innings, he says, `Is that it?'"

• Jorge Castillo in the Star-Ledger looks at Mets pitchers’ lack of success bunting this season.

• Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit an inside-the-park homer and Las Vegas pulled into a first-place tie with an 8-1 win against New Orleans. Read the full minor league recap here.